The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative.

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There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always...

There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always...

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but...

The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but...

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

The siren south is well enough, but New York, at the beginning of March, is...

The siren south is well enough, but New York, at the beginning of March, is...

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ......

Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ......

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without...

All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without...

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens

You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my...

You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my...

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway...

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway...

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has...

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has...

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than a whole one

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than a whole one

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less...

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less...

Our environmental problems originate in the hubris of imagining ourselves as the central nervous system...

Our environmental problems originate in the hubris of imagining ourselves as the central nervous system...

The control of nature is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age...

The control of nature is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age...

A miracle is an act or event out of the order of nature and unaccountable,...

A miracle is an act or event out of the order of nature and unaccountable,...